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 |
|---|---|
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |