Facial Gestures

Let’s test your knowledge of facial gestures[1]. I imagine you can make them BUT can you name them. These descriptive words are especially useful to know when reading novels. See if you can match the English word in the first column with its definition in the second column. You may have to make these faces in order to figure out the gesture! The answers are in the comments below. 

( !! = stronger)

1	beam		a	intensely stare with the eyes slightly open
2	blink		b	lift an eyebrow and the corner of the mouth on the same side
3	frown		c	lift the corners of the mouth up
4	gape		d	lift the corners of the mouth up so much as to show all teeth
5	glare		e	pull the corners of the mouth down
6	grimace		f	pull the corners of the mouth down and the bottom lip up
7	leer		g	rapidly close both eyelids
8	pout		h	rapidly close one eyelid
9	scowl		i	sarcastically lift the corners of the mouth up
10	smile		j	slightly open the lips while pressing the teeth together
11	smirk		k	suddenly drop the jaw and keep the mouth open a while
12	wink		l	tightly press the lips together and pull the eyebrows down