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 |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| charlatan | quack |