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 |
|---|---|
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| reek | smoke |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| regime | regimen |