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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|---|---|
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| reverberate | reflect |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |