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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
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| stilted | pompous |