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 |
|---|---|
| ploy | escapade |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |