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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WordMeaning
profligatewildly extravagant
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
prolixityunduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
arcadea long arched building or gallery
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
modishfashionable
mandatean authoritative command
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
intangiblenot tangible : impalpable