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 |
|---|---|
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| irate | roused to ire |