GRE Word List
MORTIFY
humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die
The meaning of the word mortify is humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandatory | obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate |
| invective | abuse |
| inundate | flood; overflow; submerge; cover completely; Ex. inundated with work |
| shyster | lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner |
| gentry | people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility |
| harass | annoy by repeated attacks |
| visionary | produced by imagination; fanciful; mystical; showing foresight; N: one having foresight; one given to speculative impractical ideas |
| visceral | felt in one's inner organs; N. viscera: internal body organs; CF. eviscerate |
| pulsate | throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly |
| impropriety | improperness; unsuitableness |
