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 |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| overweening | arrogant |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| clime | climate |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |