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 |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| imprecation | curse |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |