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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| unbridled | unrestrained |