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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| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
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| doddering | feeble |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
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