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 |
|---|---|
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |