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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| nourishment | food |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| distend | extend |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |