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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|---|---|
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
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| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
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