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 |
|---|---|
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| cryptic | secret |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |