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 |
|---|---|
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| enhance | heighten |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| grate | grating |