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 |
|---|---|
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |