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 |
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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 |