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 |
|---|---|
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |