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 |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
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| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| ebullient | boiling |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |