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.

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WordMeaning
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
snipa small piece that is snipped off
tillerone that tills : cultivator
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
traverseto go or travel across or over
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
procurementthe act or process of procuring
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state