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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |