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 |
|---|---|
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| warranted | sanction |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| scotch | scottish |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| arid | excessively dry |