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 |
|---|---|
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| eventual | contingent |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| fuddle | booze |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |