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.

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retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
carriondead and putrefying flesh
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
obeliskan upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid
herbivorousfeeding on plants
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
irksometending to irk : tedious