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 |
|---|---|
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| comestible | edible |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| fabricate | invent |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |