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 |
|---|---|
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| pending | during |
| dart | a light spear |
| shack | hut |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |