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 |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| potentate | ruler |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |