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 |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| finery | ornament |