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 |
|---|---|
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| brink | edge |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| grotto | cave |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |