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 |
|---|---|
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| expatriate | banish |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |