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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slapdash | haphazard |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |