GRE Word List
SURLY
menacing or threatening in appearance
The meaning of the word surly is menacing or threatening in appearance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| fulcrum | prop |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |