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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|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
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| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
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