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 |
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| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| shove | to push along |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |