Words Starting With U
36 SAT and GRE words beginning with U. Each links to its full entry with a definition, an example sentence and related words.
- Ubiquitousadjective
being present everywhere at once
- Umbragenoun
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- Unanimitynoun
everyone being of one mind
- Unassailableadjective
immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- Unavailingadjective
producing no result or effect
- Unbridledverb
remove the bridle from (a horse or mule)
- Uncannyadjective
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; ; ; - John Galsworthy; ; - Henry Kingsley
- Unconscionableadjective
greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
- Unctuousadjective
unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- Undermineverb
destroy property or hinder normal operations
- Underscorenoun
a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
- Unequivocaladjective
admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
- Unfathomableadjective
resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
- Unfeignedadjective
not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
- Unfetterdef
To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind.
- Ungainlyadjective
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- Uniformnoun
clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
- Unilateraladjective
tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only
- Unimpeachableadjective
completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach
- Uninhibitedadjective
not inhibited or restrained
- Unkemptadjective
not properly maintained or cared for
- Unmitigatedadjective
not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
- Unobtrusiveadjective
not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable
- Unprecedentedadjective
having no precedent; novel
- Unremittingadjective
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- Unscathedadjective
not injured
- Unseemlyadjective
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
- Untenableadjective
(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified
- Untowardadjective
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
- Unwarrantedadjective
incapable of being justified or explained
- Unwieldyadjective
difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
- Upbraidverb
express criticism towards
- Urbaneadjective
showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
- Usurpverb
seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- Utilitariannoun
someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on its utility
- Utopianoun
a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island