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 |
|---|---|
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |