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 |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| ploy | escapade |