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 |
|---|---|
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| consort | associate |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| preamble | an introductory statement |