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 |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| privy | private |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| homespun | spun or made at home |