We hear some one say that he reads faces.  How?  Through long study of them and what they indicate.  The human race as a whole has been reading faces through the centuries.  It has felt such need to label certain recurring aspects of them that it has invented the designating terms.  Of these terms the simple, inclusive one is of course face itself.  If, however, we are thinking of the face as its look or expression reveals thoughts, emotions, or state of mind, our term is countenance.  If we are thinking of it as distinguished or individualized by the contour, lines, etc., we speak of the features.  If we are thinking of its external appearance or aspect, we call it the visage.  If, finally, we are thinking of it as indicative of mind, disposition, or fundamental character, we say physiognomy.

Assignment for further discrimination:  lineaments.

Sentences:  His grotesque ____ reminded one of a gargoyle.  It is
said that the ____ of persons living constantly together tend to become
alike.  “Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling ____.”  The teacher
told the students to wash their ____ every morning.  “A ____ more in sorrow
than in anger.”  The firm but kind ____ of the old statesman shone happily
at this ovation.  “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then ____ to
____.”  She turned an eager ____ up to me as she spoke.  One’s ____ is
moulded by one’s thoughts.  Cosmetics injure the ____.  His clear-cut ____
impressed his employer.

Financial, monetary, pecuniary, fiscal.

Financial is usually applied to money matters of considerable size or moment. Monetary applies to money, coin, or currency as such. Pecuniary refers to practical matters in which money is involved, though not usually in large amounts. Fiscal refers especially to the time when money, receipts, and accounts are balanced or reckoned.

Sentences: A ____ reward has been offered.  We gave the unfortunate
man ____ assistance.  The ____ system of the country was sound.  It was
Hamilton who more than any one else shaped the ____ policies of the new
government.  Experts audit the company’s accounts at the end of the ____
year.  The ____ interests of the country were behind the bill.

Flee, abscond, decamp.

To flee is to run away from what one would avoid, as danger, arrest, or the like.  To abscond is to steal off secretly and hide one’s self, as from some disgraceful reason or to avoid arrest.  To decamp is to leave suddenly in great haste to get away; the word is often used humorously.

Sentences:  They went to have their money refunded, but the swindler
had ____.  The bank teller ____ after having squandered most of the
deposits.  Yes, we were in proximity to a polecat, and without further
parley we ____.  “Resist the devil, and he will ____ from you.”  William
Wallace, when pursued by the English, ____ into the Highlands.

Foretell, predict, prophesy, forecast, presage, forebode, portend, augur, prognosticate.