GRE Word List
DESPISE
look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible
The meaning of the word despise is look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impassive | without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face |
| exchequer | treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the exchequer |
| comeuppance | deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke |
| implication | something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating |
| posture | assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude |
| sophisticated | worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate |
| crest | top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird |
| omnipresent | universally present; ubiquitous |
| shed | small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves |
| diva | operatic singer; prima donna |
