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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corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
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implyto express indirectly
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obeliskan upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
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