GRE Word List
DEPRECIATE
to lower in honor or esteem
The meaning of the word depreciate is to lower in honor or esteem.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |