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 |
|---|---|
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |