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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |