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 |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| colloquy | conversation |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |