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 |
|---|---|
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| conflagration | fire |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |