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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| gruel | a thin porridge |