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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |