hum

Usage

• exhume

  When you exhume a body, you dig it out of the ground; likewise, you can exhume or bring something to light that has lain hidden or buried for a long time.

• posthumous

  A posthumous award, often given to an author, is given only after the recipient has already died.

• humble

  Someone who is humble does not talk about themselves and say how great they are; rather, they accept that they are not perfect and are no more important than anyone else.

• exhumation

  the act of digging something out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

• humbling

  causing awareness of your shortcomings

• humiliate

  cause to feel shame

• humiliation

  state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

• humility

  a disposition to be humble