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 |
|---|---|
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |