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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |