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 |
|---|---|
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |