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 |
|---|---|
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| dingy | dirty |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |