GRE Word List
DEGRADATION
the act or process of degrading
The meaning of the word degradation is the act or process of degrading.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pliant | pliable |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |