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 |
|---|---|
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |