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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |