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 |
|---|---|
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| pummel | pound |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| limp | to walk lamely |