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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WordMeaning
enfranchiseto set free (as from slavery)
lunarcrescent
stinta period of time spent at a particular activity
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
concentrichaving a common center
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
credoa guiding belief or principle : creed
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious