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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| impinge | encroach |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |