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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WordMeaning
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor
ventto provide with a vent
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
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spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
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celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
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