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 |
|---|---|
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |