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 |
|---|---|
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |