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 |
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| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| agape | wide open : gaping |