reject: / 'rɪ: dʒɛkt, rɪˈdʒɛkt /
(noun)
1. A person or thing that is refused as not meeting a required standard
or is otherwise unsuitable or unacceptable
2. a product that is damaged or
not perfect, an item sold cheaply because of minor flaws.
(verb)
1. Refuse to accept, agree to, make use of or believe in someone or
something 2. dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable or
faulty 3. rebuff, or behave in an unkind or unfriendly
way towards someone 4. discard or throw
something aside.
[From Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘throw’].
deject: / dɪˈdʒɛkt /
(verb)
archaic To depress the spirits of; dispirit,
dishearten.
(adjective)
dejected Disheartened, low-spirited, feeling or
showing sadness and lack of hope, especially because of disappointment.
[Late 16C. archaic deject, from Latin dejectus ‘thrown down’, from deicere, ‘throw down’, from de- ‘down’ + jacere ‘throw’].
object: / 'əb:dʒɛkt, əbˈdʒɛkt /
(noun) 1. A thing that is visible or tangible or can be perceived with the senses 2. a
person or thing that is the focus of someone's attention or emotion (an object of curiosity) 3. an aim, goal or purpose, an end towards
which effort is directed.
(verb)
To oppose or be averse to something, or to argue against or express
opposition to something.
[From medieval
Latin objectum ‘thing presented (to
the mind/sight)’, from Latin obicere ‘throw
in the way of, present’, from ob- ‘in
the way’ + jacere ‘throw’].