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 |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| slapdash | haphazard |