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 |
|---|---|
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |