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 |
|---|---|
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |