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 |
|---|---|
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |