GRE Word List
DEGRADATION
humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank
The meaning of the word degradation is humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evanescent | fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce |
| connivance | pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire |
| blighted | suffering from a disease; destroyed |
| unilateral | one-sided; involving or affecting only one side; Ex. unilateral declaration |
| substantial | of substance; material; solid; essential or fundamental; ample; considerable; well-to-do; wealthy |
| paraphernalia | equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; Ex. photographic paraphernalia; CF. married woman's property exclusive of her dowry |
| converse | opposite; ADJ. |
| fractious | unruly; peevish; cranky; bad-tempered; Ex. fractious horse |
| precipitate | hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; ADJ. hasty; rash; premature; sudden |
| magistrate | official with power to administer the law |
