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