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SURLY

menacing or threatening in appearance

The meaning of the word surly is menacing or threatening in appearance.

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tyrannyoppressive power
noveltysomething new or unusual
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
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wretcha miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
inasmuch_assince; owing to the fact that
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homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use