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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figmentsomething made up or contrived
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
plumagethe feathers of a bird
raimentclothing
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
dysenterya disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection