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 |
|---|---|
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| mendicant | beggar |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |