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 |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| conspire | plot |
| scourge | whip |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |