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 |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |