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 |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |