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 |
|---|---|
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |