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 |
|---|---|
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |