GRE Word List
ASKANCE
with disapproval or distrust : scornfully
The meaning of the word askance is with disapproval or distrust : scornfully.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| quorum | a select group |