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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| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |