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 |
|---|---|
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |