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 |
|---|---|
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| fabricate | invent |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |