GRE Word List
ABASE
to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem
The meaning of the word abase is to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| unsavory | insipid |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| monogram | a sign of identity usually formed of the combined initials of a name |