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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |