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 |
|---|---|
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| writ | something written : writing |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| hurl | rush |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |