GRE Word List
SNUB
to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
The meaning of the word snub is to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| collected | gathered together |
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| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |