GRE Word List

MORTIFY

to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame

The meaning of the word mortify is to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame.

Random words

WordMeaning
egressa place or means of going out : exit
requiema mass for the dead
overseesurvey
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
cemeterya burial ground
eerieso mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine
ostracizeto exile by ostracism
pastoralof, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen
rapaciousexcessively grasping or covetous
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior