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- pronunciation:
- rih
jekt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
rejects, rejecting, rejected |
| definition: |
to refuse to take, approve, or believe.
She rejected his offer.To be an original thinker, you must often reject old ideas.
- synonyms:
- disown, refuse
- antonyms:
- accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, choose, grant, pass, pick
- similar words:
- boycott, decline, dismiss, disregard
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| related words: |
banish, deny, desert, discard, dispose of, exclude, oppose, rule out, scrap, ward |
| derivation: |
rejecter (n.) |
The word reject
contains the following part:
ject, jet, jac
Latin
root
that means throw; lie
  Example words:
adjacent, adjective, eject, inject, injection, interjection, jet, jettison, object, objective, project, projectile, projection, reject, subject
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