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 |
|---|---|
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| plait | pleat |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |