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 |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| courier | messenger |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |