GRE Word List
COUNTENANCE
look
The meaning of the word countenance is look.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| encumber | weigh down |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |