Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word from the options which is similar in meaning to the given word.

Despise

  1. Disdain

  2. Scorch

  3. Scrawl

  4. Doodle

  5. Scour
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Explanation

Despise means to regard with contempt, to hate, or to look down on with intense dislike. Disdain means to treat with contempt or scorn - this is a direct synonym. Scorch means to burn, scrawl means to write messily, doodle means to draw casually, and scour means to clean vigorously.

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