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 |
|---|---|
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |