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 |
|---|---|
| defile | pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains |
| caption | title; chapter heading; text under illustration |
| humility | humbleness of spirit |
| deterrent | something that discourages or deters |
| grandiose | affectedly grand; pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive; great in size or scope; grand; Ex. grandiose ideas |
| composure | mental calmness |
| lumber | move heavily or clumsily; Ex. The bear lumbered through the woods; N: timber |
| aggrandize | make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement |
| nomenclature | terminology(system of specialized words); system of names or naming things |
| seamy | sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life |
