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 |
|---|---|
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |