GRE Word List
FLOUT
to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
The meaning of the word flout is to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| approbation | commendation |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |