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 |
|---|---|
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |