GRE Word List
BELITTLE
to speak slightingly of : disparage
The meaning of the word belittle is to speak slightingly of : disparage.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |