GRE Word List
MOROSE
having a sullen and gloomy disposition
The meaning of the word morose is having a sullen and gloomy disposition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |