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 |
|---|---|
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| dingy | dirty |
| indite | make up |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |