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 |
|---|---|
| calculated | apt |
| conspire | plot |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
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| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |