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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| plane | airplane |
| violate | break |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |