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 |
|---|---|
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| delve | excavate |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
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| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
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