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 |
|---|---|
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| contrive | devise |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
