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 |
|---|---|
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| manifestation | the act, process, or an instance of manifesting |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |