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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WordMeaning
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
errantbehaving wrongly
piedof two or more colors in blotches
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
spoofdeceive
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
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megalomaniaa mania (see mania
escapadea usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct
distortto twist (see twist