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 |
|---|---|
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| grotto | cave |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| momentum | a property (see property |