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 |
|---|---|
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |