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 |
|---|---|
| retract | to draw back or in |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |