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 |
|---|---|
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| farce | stuff |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |