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 |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| implode | to burst inward |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |