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 |
|---|---|
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| mischance | bad luck |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| leave-taking | departure |
| billowing | wave |