GRE Word List
DEMEAN
to lower in character, status, or reputation
The meaning of the word demean is to lower in character, status, or reputation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |