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 |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |