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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |