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 |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| circlet | a little circle |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |