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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| grudging | unwilling |
| polity | political organization |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |