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 |
|---|---|
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |