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 |
|---|---|
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| historic | historical |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |