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 |
|---|---|
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |