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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| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |