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 |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |