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 |
|---|---|
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| bantering | to 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 |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |