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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| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
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| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
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| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |