GRE Word List
DISHONOR
lack or loss of honor or reputation
The meaning of the word dishonor is lack or loss of honor or reputation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |