GRE Word List
IGNOBLE
characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
The meaning of the word ignoble is characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| wreak | bring about |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |