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 |
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entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
crass | gross |
actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
pathological | of or relating to pathology |
prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |