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 |
|---|---|
| venue | locale |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| effete | no longer fertile |