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 |
|---|---|
| cryptic | secret |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |