GRE Word List
SOMBER
so shaded as to be dark and gloomy
The meaning of the word somber is so shaded as to be dark and gloomy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |