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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| aver | to declare positively |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |