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 |
|---|---|
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |