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 |
|---|---|
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |