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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |