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 |
|---|---|
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |