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 |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| giddy | dizzy |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |