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 |
|---|---|
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |