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 |
|---|---|
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| gust | the sensation of taste |