GRE Word List
STIGMA
a mark of shame or discredit : stain
The meaning of the word stigma is a mark of shame or discredit : stain.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |