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 |
|---|---|
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| hirsute | hairy |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |