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 |
|---|---|
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| solicitor | one that solicits |