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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flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
eminentexhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent
centurionan officer commanding a Roman century
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stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
pranktrick
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
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prodigya highly talented child or youth
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference