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 |
|---|---|
| dominate | rule |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| inequity | injustice |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |