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 |
|---|---|
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |