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 |
|---|---|
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |