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 |
|---|---|
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| crass | gross |
| maroon | a dark red |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| wont | accustomed |