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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suppliantsupplicant
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integrityfirm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
contritefeeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
conclusiveof, relating to, or being a conclusion
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