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 |
|---|---|
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| guileless | innocent |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |