GRE Word List
CONFIDANT
one to whom secrets are entrusted
The meaning of the word confidant is one to whom secrets are entrusted.
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| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
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| pore | to gaze intently |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
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