GRE Word List
CONFIDANT
one to whom secrets are entrusted
The meaning of the word confidant is one to whom secrets are entrusted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |