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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| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| engender | beget |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |