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 |
|---|---|
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |