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 |
|---|---|
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |