TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 09-Aug-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 09-Aug-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists upbraid [ uhp-BREYD ] [ verb ] MEANING : to find fault with or reproach sharply USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The court upbraided the police for their harsh and brutal methods. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : Some restaurants have introduced no-mobile-telephone areas and the elderly managers of the kissaten, the coffee houses that serve as the equivalent of the pub in Japanese towns and villages, are willing to upbraid customers whose noise levels break the usual calm. Telegraph, The Far East fights back over menace of the mobile phone, By Damien McElroy in Beijing, 19/06/2001 hoi polloi [ HOI puh'-LOI ] [ noun ] ...