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 |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |