GRE Word List

INDIGNITY

an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult

The meaning of the word indignity is an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult.

Random words

WordMeaning
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
effeteno longer fertile