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 |
|---|---|
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| drivel | nonsense |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |