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 |
|---|---|
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |