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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |