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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| executor | one who executes something |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |