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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Word | Meaning |
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demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
extant | currently or actually existing |
contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
grouch | a fit of bad temper |
rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |