GRE Word List
DESPISE
to look down on with disrespect or aversion
The meaning of the word despise is to look down on with disrespect or aversion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |