GRE Word List
DERISION
the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
The meaning of the word derision is the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |