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 |
|---|---|
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| peerless | matchless |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| environ | encircle |