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Demean V Degrade Humiliate Standing Dignity Refused Replying

Word demean
Part of Speech V.
Definition degrade; humiliate.
Sentence Standing on his dignity, he refused to demean himself by replying to the offensive letter.

If you truly believed in the dignity of labor, you would not think it would demean you to work as a janitor.

Tags: psat, hf

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