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 |
|---|---|
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |