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 |
|---|---|
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
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| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| leery | suspicious |