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 |
|---|---|
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |