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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |