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 |
|---|---|
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |