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 |
|---|---|
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |