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 |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| unbridled | unrestrained |