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 |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| brook | creek |