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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| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |