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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| addle | rotten |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |