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 |
|---|---|
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| crass | gross |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |