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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |