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 |
|---|---|
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| duration | continuance in time |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |