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 |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |