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 |
|---|---|
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| dour | stern |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| portly | dignified |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |