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 |
|---|---|
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| microcosm | a little world |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |