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.

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precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
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runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
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