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 |
|---|---|
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| dire | exciting horror |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |