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 |
|---|---|
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |