GRE Word List
MOROSE
ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy
The meaning of the word morose is ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voodoo | religion practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| invocation | prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking |
| abstruse | obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| sparse | not thick; thinly scattered; scanty |
| sway | swing from side to side; influence (someone) to change one's opinion; N. |
| rift | narrow opening in a large mass; break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation |
| purchase | secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing |
| compensatory | making up for; repaying |
| repress | hold back (the natural expression of); restrain; crush; oppress; Ex. repressed child; Ex. repress a laugh/rebellion |
| discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
