GRE Word List
DISPARAGE
to depreciate (see depreciate
The meaning of the word disparage is to depreciate (see depreciate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| osseous | bony |