GRE Word List
COMPUNCTION
anxiety arising from awareness of guilt
The meaning of the word compunction is anxiety arising from awareness of guilt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| appease | pacify |
| freebooter | pirate |
| motley | variegated in color |