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 |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| onus | burden |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
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