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 |
|---|---|
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |