GRE Word List

DISDAIN

a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn

The meaning of the word disdain is a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn.

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WordMeaning
determinatehaving defined limits
pedagogueteacher
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
debuta first appearance
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obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
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recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce