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 |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |