GRE Word List
COUNTENANCE
look
The meaning of the word countenance is look.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |