GRE Word List
CHURLISH
of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar
The meaning of the word churlish is of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |