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 |
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nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
recuperate | to get back : regain |
incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
missive | a written communication : letter |
sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |