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 |
|---|---|
| condole | grieve |
| demerit | offense |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| representational | one that represents: such as |