GRE Word List
DESPISE
look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible
The meaning of the word despise is look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peon | landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; N. peonage |
| morose | ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy |
| enigma | puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling |
| venal | capable of being bribed; corrupt; CF. vernal |
| precipice | cliff; dangerous position; Ex. on the edge of the precipice |
| array | marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array |
| stifle | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
| sultry | (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous |
| tablet | small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall |
| stodgy | dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book |
