GRE word of The Day: Indignity (n)

Indignity (n)
I can do everything for my girlfriend even below the my dignity. What about you ?

In + dignity……. Treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame and loss of dignity. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
E.g:
>> The director suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
>> Minor indignities such as intentionally mispronouncing […]

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Indignity (n)

I can do everything for my girlfriend even below the my dignity. What about you ?

Indignity GRE Word

In + dignity……. Treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame and loss of dignity. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.

E.g:
>> The director suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
>> Minor indignities such as intentionally mispronouncing a person’s name.
Synonyms affront, barb, dart, dig, epithet, indignity, name, offense (or offence), outrage, put-down, sarcasm, slight, slur

Related Words gibe (or jibe), jeer, sneer, taunt; abuse, invective, vituperation; disapproval, opprobrium; disgrace, dishonor, shame; attack, criticism, slam; torment, torture

Near Antonymscommendation, compliment; acclaim, applause, praise; adulation, flattery

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Indignity (Antonym)

A) Accolade
B) Sententious
C) Didactic
D) Objuration
E) Untaught

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anonmous
#1. June 7th, 2006, at 12:18 PM.

i think te correct answer is “Objuration”
am i right or worng

Atmdeo Shekhar
#2. June 7th, 2006, at 1:34 PM.

i think it is accolade

sai
#3. June 7th, 2006, at 1:58 PM.

Accolade

vaibhav
#4. June 7th, 2006, at 2:11 PM.

it is accolade

Niranjani
#5. June 7th, 2006, at 7:42 PM.

accolade is the antonym

GRE Word of The Day
#6. June 7th, 2006, at 8:01 PM.

Ohhhhhh Everyone is unanimous….and that is the correct amswer.

Would you like to write just a sentence ?????

Alok
#7. June 7th, 2006, at 11:33 PM.

Its strange how people react sometimes: John took the team’s accolade toward Adam as personal indignity.

GRE Word of The Day
#8. June 7th, 2006, at 11:40 PM.

You got *****(5 star ) from your school teacher.

Harleen
#9. June 8th, 2006, at 1:29 AM.

the antonym of Indignity is Applaude

dipdebi
#10. June 8th, 2006, at 12:33 PM.

accolade

GRE Word of The Day
#11. June 8th, 2006, at 1:06 PM.

For Harleen,
but that is not in the options…. ha ha ha just kidding..

Thanks for putting simple but meaningful sentence.

mahesh
#12. June 9th, 2006, at 9:50 PM.

praises and accolades came through Rani mukherjees way over her tremendous acting in the film BLACK

dashing_rahul17
#13. March 8th, 2007, at 11:49 AM.

its accloade

accolade showered on the indian captain, when he came home with the world cup:)

samir
#14. March 24th, 2007, at 4:16 PM.

accolade

meenakshi
#15. November 16th, 2007, at 7:59 PM.

hi friends
i have my gre on 7th dec.As a mom and staying out of india ,handling thingssingle handedly makes it really tough to prepare.i have done a bit of vocab,learnt how to handle verbal part to some extent and have done some mathematics too.have a outline how to write issue and argument…plz help me and give some inputs which can help me get a respectable score

ritesh
#16. November 17th, 2007, at 2:54 PM.

accolade

Maddy
#17. April 21st, 2008, at 11:53 AM.

It’s Accolade!

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