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 |
|---|---|
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |