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 |
|---|---|
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |