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 |
|---|---|
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |