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 |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| contrive | devise |