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 |
|---|---|
| retiring | reserved |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |