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 |
|---|---|
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |