GRE Word List
SULLEN
gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
The meaning of the word sullen is gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| stilted | pompous |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |