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verb (used with object)
1.
to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.
2.
to show disapproval of: The teachers discountenanced smoking by the students.
noun
3.
disapproval; disapprobation.
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Discountenanced
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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