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 |
|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| fleck | streak |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |