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 |
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| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |