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 |
|---|---|
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |