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 |
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impassive | without feeling; expressionless; imperturbable; stoical; Ex. impassive face |
exchequer | treasury; Ex. Chancellor of the exchequer |
comeuppance | deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke |
implication | something hinted at or suggested; implying; implicating |
posture | assume an affected pose; act artificially; N: pose; attitude |
sophisticated | worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate |
crest | top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird |
omnipresent | universally present; ubiquitous |
shed | small roofed structure for storage and shelter; V: pour forth; lose by natural process; repel without allowing penetration; radiate; cast; Ex. shed tears/light/water/skin/leaves |
diva | operatic singer; prima donna |