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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| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| spoof | deceive |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| transcendental | transcendent |
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| scheme | a plan or program of action |
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