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 |