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 |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| fete | festival |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |