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

WordMeaning
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
braggadocioempty boasting
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
fussyeasily upset : irritable
encumberweigh down
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
corpulenthaving a large bulky body : obese