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1.
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
2.
characterized by or expressing gloom.
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Morose
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is inscrutable. Does it mean:
| a person who humbly asks or prays; a petitioner |
| difficult to fathom or understand |
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morose
1530s "gloomy," from L. morosus "morose, peevish, fastidious," from mos (gen. moris) "habit, custom" (see moral). In English, manners by itself means "(good) manners," but here the implication in Latin is "(bad) manners."
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