GRE Word List

GNARL

snarl

The meaning of the word gnarl is snarl.

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icona person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
dulcetsweet to the taste
coupletwo persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
broilto cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
bereavedsuffering the death of a loved one