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 |
|---|---|
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |