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 |
|---|---|
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |