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 |
|---|---|
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| mulct | fine |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |