GRE Word List
DEBASE
to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
The meaning of the word debase is to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consort | associate |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |