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
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
magnitudegreat size or extent
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
florescencea state or period of flourishing
stupefyto make stupid, groggy, or insensible
spectruma 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
swaggerto conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner