GRE Word List
REFUSE
anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash
The meaning of the word refuse is anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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quotidian | daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine |
chide | scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) |
epigram | witty thought or saying, usually short |
snicker | half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V. |
vociferous | clamorous; noisy; V. vociferate: cry out loudly (when complaining) |
respiration | breathing; exhalation; ADJ. respiratory |
automaton | mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself |
riddle | pierce with holes; permeate or spread throughout; Ex. The gunman riddled the car with bullets; Ex. The whole report is riddled with errors; N. large sieve (separating earth from stone) |
illusion | misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion |
ideology | system of ideas characteristic of a group or culture |