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Word List 48
Ulterior - Vehement
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ulterior | situated beyond; unstated and often questionable |
| Ultimate | final; not susceptible to further analysis |
| Ultimatum | last demand; warning |
| Umbrage | resentment; anger; sense of injury or insult |
| Unaccountable | inexplicable; unreasonable or mysterious |
| Unanimity | complete agreement |
| Unassailable | not subject to question; not open to attack |
| Unassuaged | unsatisfied; not soothed |
| Unbridled | violent |
| Uncanny | strange; mysterious |
| Unconscionable | unscrupulous; excessive |
| Uncouth | outlandish; clumsy; boorish; rugged; rude |
| Unction | the act of anointing with oil |
| Unctuous | oily; bland; insincerely suave |
| Underlying | fundamental; lying below |
| Undermine | weaken; sap |
| Underscore | emphasize |
| Undulating | moving with a wavelike motion |
| Unearth | dig up |
| Unearthly | not earthly; weird |
| Unequivocal | plain; obvious |
| Unexceptionable | not offering any basis for criticism |
| Unfaltering | steadfast |
| Unfeigned | genuine; real |
| Unfettered | liberated; freed from chains |
| Unfledged | immature |
| Unfrock | to strip a priest or minister of church authority |
| Ungainly | awkward; clumsy; unwieldy |
| Unguent | healing salve; ointment |
| Uniformity | sameness; monotony |
| Unilateral | one-sided |
| Unimpeachable | blameless and exemplary |
| Uninhibited | Unrepressed |
| Unintimidating | Unfrightening |
| Unique | without an equal; single in kind |
| Unison | unity of pitch; complete accord |
| Universal | characterizing or affecting all; present everywhere |
| Unkempt | disheveled; uncared for in appearance |
| Unmitigated | unrelieved or immoderated; absolute |
| Unobstrusive | inconspicuous; not blatant |
| Unprepossessing | unattractive <During adolescence many attractive young people somehow acquire the false notion that their appearance is unprepossessing |
| Unravel | disentangle; solve |
| Unrequited | not reciprocated |
| Unruly | disobedient; lawless <The only way to curb this unruly mob is to use tear gas.> |
| Unsavory | distasteful; morally offensive |
| Unscathed | unharmed |
| Unseemly | unbecoming; indecent; in poor taste <unseemly conduct> |
| Unsightly | ugly |
| Unsullied | untarnished |
| Untenable | indefensible; not able to be maintained |
| Untoward | unfortunate or unlucky; adverse; unexpected |
| Unwarranted | unjustified; groundless; undeserved |
| Unwieldy | awkward; cumbersome; unmanageable |
| Unwitting | unintentional; not knowing |
| Unwonted | unaccustomed |
| Upbraid | severely scold; reprimand |
| Uproarious | marked by commotion; extremely funny; very noisy |
| Upshot | outcome |
| Urbane | suave; refined; elegant |
| Urchin | mischievous child |
| Ursine | bearlike; pertaining to a bear |
| Usurp | seize another's power or rank |
| Usury | lending money at illegal rates of interest |
| Utopia | ideal place, state, or society |
| Uxorious | excessively devoted to one's wife |
| Vacillate | waver; fluctuate |
| Vacuous | empty; lacking in ideas; stupid |
| Vagabond | wanderer; tramp |
| Vagary | an erratic unpredictable action: caprice; whim |
| Vagrant | stray; random |
| Vainglorious | boastful; excessively conceited |
| Valedictory | pertaining to farewell <I found the valedictory too long; leave-taking should be brief.> |
| Valid | logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable |
| Validate | confirm; ratify |
| Valor | bravery |
| Vampire | ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living |
| Vanguard | forerunners; advance forces |
| Vantage | position giving an advantage; comprehensive view |
| Vapid | dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless |
| Vaporize | turn into vapor (steam, gas, fog) |
| Variegated | many-colored |
| Vassal | feudalism, one who held land of a superior lord: a feudal tenant |
| Vaunted | boasted; bragged; highly publicized |
| Veer | change in direction |
| Vegetate | live in a monotonous way |
| Vehement | forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor |
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