GRE Word List
SURLY
menacing or threatening in appearance
The meaning of the word surly is menacing or threatening in appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| finery | ornament |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |