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 |
|---|---|
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| pending | during |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| whimsy | whim |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |