GRE Word List
MURKY
characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
The meaning of the word murky is characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |