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.

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WordMeaning
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
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depictto represent by or as if by a picture
variegatedhaving discrete markings of different colors
dormantrepresented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws
torrenta violent or forceful flow of fluid
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surlymenacing or threatening in appearance
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
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