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 |
|---|---|
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| connoisseur | expert |