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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |