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 |
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prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
render | to melt down |
ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
license | permission to act |
traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |