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 |
|---|---|
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| ramification | branch |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| debonair | suave |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |