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 |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| render | to melt down |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| license | permission to act |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |