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 |
|---|---|
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| pitfall | trap |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |