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 |
|---|---|
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| delve | excavate |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |