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 |
|---|---|
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| freebooter | pirate |