GRE Word List
CRABBED
marked by a forbidding moroseness
The meaning of the word crabbed is marked by a forbidding moroseness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |