GRE Word List
SULLEN
silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy
The meaning of the word sullen is silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purgatory | place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins |
| incandescent | strikingly bright; shining with intense heat; emitting visible light when heated; Ex. incandescent light bulb; CF. candle |
| reverie | daydream; abstracted musing |
| expatiate | talk at length; speak or write in detail |
| depose | dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify |
| soluble | able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved |
| diatribe | bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse |
| influx | flowing into |
| erroneous | mistaken; wrong; incorrect |
| cower | shrink quivering as from fear; cringe |