GRE Word List
ATTRITION
sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
The meaning of the word attrition is sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| venue | locale |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| viable | capable of living |
