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 |
|---|---|
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |