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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |