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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|---|---|
| duration | continuance in time |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| cataclysm | flood |
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| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| parlance | speech |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
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| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |