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 |
|---|---|
| savant | a person of learning |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| 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 |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| wake | to be or remain awake |