GRE Word List
SPURN
to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn
The meaning of the word spurn is to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| fester | to generate pus |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |