GRE Word List
GRUFF
rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect
The meaning of the word gruff is rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |