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 |
|---|---|
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
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| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |