GRE Word List
DEGRADATION
the act or process of degrading
The meaning of the word degradation is the act or process of degrading.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |