GRE Word List
SCOWL
to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
The meaning of the word scowl is to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |