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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |