GRE Word List
GRIMACE
a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
The meaning of the word grimace is a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain.
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humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
gale | a strong current of air: |
abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |