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 |
|---|---|
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| purported | reputed |
| actuary | clerk |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| concentric | having a common center |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |