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gumboil, eruption, carbuncle, inflammation: That ulcer should<br />

be treated before it gets any worse. 2 cancer, canker,<br />

festering spot, blight, scourge, poison, disease, pestilence,<br />

curse, bane, plague: We must purge this ulcer before it<br />

corrupts the entire organization.<br />

ulcerous adj. ulcerative, cancerous, cankerous, festering, ulcerated,<br />

ulcerative, suppurating, suppurative, gangrenous, septic,<br />

Technical furuncular, furunculous, necrotic, necrosed,<br />

sphacelated: The wound is in an ulcerous condition and requires<br />

immediate surgery.<br />

ulterior adj. 1 hidden, concealed, covert, secret, unrevealed,<br />

undisclosed, unexpressed, private, personal, underlying,<br />

surreptitious, underhand(ed): She had an ulterior motive for<br />

arriving early. 2 outside, beyond, further, remote, remoter:<br />

What you propose is ulterior to our immediate plan.<br />

ultimate adj. 1 final, last, terminating, terminal, end, eventual,<br />

conclusive, concluding, decisive, deciding: The ultimate<br />

outcome will not be known till next week. Who is the ultimate<br />

authority in such matters? 2 final, maximum, highest, greatest,<br />

supreme, utmost, paramount: Her ultimate goal is to win the<br />

gold medal. 3 elemental, basic, fundamental, underlying,<br />

primary, essential, final: He believes that the ultimate truths<br />

were set down in Scripture. 4 remotest, furthest, farthest,<br />

extreme, uttermost, last, final: The ultimate stage of the<br />

experiment will be at a distance of five light-years.<br />

ultimately<br />

adv. finally, at long last, in the final or last analysis, in<br />

the end, at the end of the day, after all is said and done, at<br />

(the) last, in the long run; fundamentally, essentially,<br />

basically, at bottom: I thought it might ultimately come to<br />

this. He came to understand that ultimately people must depend<br />

on each other.<br />

ultimatum n. demand(s), term(s), condition(s), stipulation(s),<br />

requirement(s): If we refuse to comply with his ultimatum,<br />

he'll kill the hostage.<br />

ultra-<br />

adj. extreme, immoderate, excessive, drastic, radical,<br />

fanatic(al), unmitigated, outrageous, unqualified, sheer,

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