WAEC - English Language (2024 - No. 36)
From the words lettered A-D below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentences.
The supervisor spurned the offer of help from the cleaner.
rebuffed
denied
defied
refuted
Explicació
"Spurned" means rejected with disdain or contempt. "Rebuffed" means rejected in an abrupt and ungracious manner.