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 |
|---|---|
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |