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 |
|---|---|
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| ebullient | boiling |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |