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 |
|---|---|
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |