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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
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| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| exude | to ooze out |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
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