GRE Word List
COUNTENANCE
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The meaning of the word countenance is look.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |