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 |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |