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 |
|---|---|
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| growl | rumble |
| forebears | ancestor |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |