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 |
|---|---|
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| countenance | look |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
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| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| diadem | crown |