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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| sibling | sib |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |