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 |
|---|---|
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
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| inflated | distended with air or gas |