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 |
|---|---|
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| harass | exhaust |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |