GRE Word List
COMPUNCTION
anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
The meaning of the word compunction is anxiety arising from awareness of guilt.
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|---|---|
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| rightful | just |
| hubbub | noise |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
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