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 |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| condign | deserved |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |