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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| docile | easily taught |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| progeny | descendants |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |