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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
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| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| nib | bill |