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

WordMeaning
slackento make less active : slow up
mulctfine
laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
gorgea narrow passage through land
tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God
obsequya funeral or burial rite