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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embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
enlistto secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest
indiscriminatenot marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
stellarof or relating to the stars : astral
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
imperiousmarked by arrogant assurance : domineering