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 |
|---|---|
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |