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 |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |