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 |
|---|---|
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |