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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| realm | kingdom |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| score | twenty |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
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| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
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