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 |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| dire | exciting horror |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| microcosm | a little world |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |