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 |
|---|---|
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| compulsive | having power to compel |