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 |
|---|---|
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |