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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maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
rabid | extremely violent : furious |