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.
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| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| verge | brink |
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| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
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