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 |
|---|---|
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| appease | pacify |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| aver | to declare positively |