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 |
|---|---|
| impenitent | not penitent |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| encompass | include |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| poise | balance |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |