GRE Word List
REBUFF
to reject or criticize sharply : snub
The meaning of the word rebuff is to reject or criticize sharply : snub.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |