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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WordMeaning
nomenclaturename
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
chideto speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
dripto let fall in drops
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
assurancethe state of being assured: such as
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance