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 |
|---|---|
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |