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

WordMeaning
aspireto seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
functionaryone who serves in a certain function
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
fulsomecharacterized by abundance : copious
historichistorical
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal