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 |
|---|---|
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |