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 |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |