GRE Word List
DIGNITARY
one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor
The meaning of the word dignitary is one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| headlong | headfirst |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |