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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| congruent | congruous |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |