U – Uproarious —- V – Vacate

• Posted on 08/12/2011
• in GRE Word List
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1. uproarious – Noisy.

2. uproot – To eradicate.

3. upturn – To throw into confusion.

4. urban – Of, or pertaining to, or like a city.

5. urbanity – Refined or elegant courtesy.

6. urchin – A roguish, mischievous boy.

7. urgency – The pressure of necessity.

8. usage – Treatment.

9. usurious – Taking unlawful or exorbitant interest on money loaned.

10. usurp – To take possession of by force.

11. usury – The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is allowed by law.

12. utilitarianism – The ethical doctrine that actions are right because they are useful or of beneficial tendency.

13. utility – Fitness for some desirable practical purpose.

14. utmost – The greatest possible extent.

15. vacate – To leave.