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 |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |