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 |
|---|---|
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| foliage | a representation of leaves, flowers, and branches for architectural ornamentation |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |