GRE Word List
IGNOMINY
deep personal humiliation and disgrace
The meaning of the word ignominy is deep personal humiliation and disgrace.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| bulk | magnitude |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |