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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| hortatory | hortative |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| forlorn | bereft |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |