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 |
|---|---|
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |