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 |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |