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 |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
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| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |