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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WordMeaning
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
confidantone to whom secrets are entrusted
plumagethe feathers of a bird
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
hummocka rounded knoll or hillock