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 |
|---|---|
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |