GRE Word List
DEPRECIATE
to lower in honor or esteem
The meaning of the word depreciate is to lower in honor or esteem.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| calculated | apt |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |