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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| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
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| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |