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 |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| doddering | feeble |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |