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 |
|---|---|
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| 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 |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |