GRE Word List

COUNTENANCE

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The meaning of the word countenance is look.

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gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
plumbera dealer or worker in lead
evocativeevoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
glossarya collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
repelto drive back : repulse
pittancea small portion, amount, or allowance
passiveacted upon by an external agency