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 |
|---|---|
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |