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.
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|---|---|
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |