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 |
|---|---|
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |