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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| brink | edge |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |