GRE Word List
IGNOBLE
characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
The meaning of the word ignoble is characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |