GRE Word List
SULLEN
gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
The meaning of the word sullen is gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
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