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 |
|---|---|
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| polity | political organization |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |