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 |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| ejaculation | an act of ejaculating |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |