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 |
|---|---|
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |