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 |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| trenchant | keen |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |