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 |
|---|---|
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| prank | trick |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| query | question |