GRE Word List
ASKANCE
with disapproval or distrust : scornfully
The meaning of the word askance is with disapproval or distrust : scornfully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| minuscule | very small |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| whimsy | whim |