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 |
|---|---|
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |