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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |