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

WordMeaning
epauletsomething that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
strutto become turgid : swell
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
vegetateto lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
dilemmaa usually undesirable or unpleasant choice
snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly