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 |
|---|---|
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| guy | man |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| malediction | curse |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |