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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WordMeaning
cadavera dead body
dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
codifyto reduce to a code
bluffhaving a broad flattened front
constituencya body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position)
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
haphazardmarked by lack of plan, order, or direction
incubateto sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body
slywise in practical affairs