GRE Word List
IGNOMINY
deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ. ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat
The meaning of the word ignominy is deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; ADJ. ignominious; Ex. ignominous defeat.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unprepossessing | unattractive |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness; flippant; self-indulgently carefree; unworthy of serious attention; relatively unimportant; trivial |
| caricature | distortion; burlesque |
| anthropologist | student of the history and science of humankind |
| correlate | either of the correlated things; V. |
| potable | suitable for drinking; drinkable |
| venue | location; place (of a crime, trial, gathering, etc.); CF. come |
| demise | death |
| feral | (of an animal) not domestic; wild |
| inopportune | untimely; inappropriate or ill-timed; poorly chosen |
