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 |
|---|---|
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| eventual | contingent |
| auroral | dawn |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
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| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |