GRE Word List
IGNOMINY
deep personal humiliation and disgrace
The meaning of the word ignominy is deep personal humiliation and disgrace.
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|---|---|
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| magnitude | great size or extent |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
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| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
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| defalcate | deduct |
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