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 |
|---|---|
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |