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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|---|---|
| veracious | truthful |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
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| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| slake | subside |
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| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |