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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WordMeaning
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
arboretuma place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes
accommodateto provide with something desired, needed, or suited
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
concatenatelinked together
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
plebiscitea vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
kudospraise given for achievement
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle