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 |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
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| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
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