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 |
|---|---|
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |