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 |
|---|---|
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |