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 |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |