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 |
|---|---|
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| sentinel | sentry |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| fester | to generate pus |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |