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 |
|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |