GRE Word List

REBUFF

to reject or criticize sharply : snub

The meaning of the word rebuff is to reject or criticize sharply : snub.

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dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
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haggardnot tamed
dina loud continued noise
forfeitsomething forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty
constituenta member of a constituency
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