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 |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| defer | put off |