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 |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |