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 |
|---|---|
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |