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 |
|---|---|
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |