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
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insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
disport | sport |
fiasco | a complete failure |
quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
stench | stink |
sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |