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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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| purported | reputed |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| expatriate | banish |