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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |