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 |