GRE Word List
AFFRONT
to insult especially to the face by behavior or language
The meaning of the word affront is to insult especially to the face by behavior or language.
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|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
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| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
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