GRE Word List

CRABBED

marked by a forbidding moroseness

The meaning of the word crabbed is marked by a forbidding moroseness.

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noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
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pejorativea word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation