GRE Word List
TAUNT
to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
The meaning of the word taunt is to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| conspire | plot |