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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| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| pliant | pliable |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |