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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| apprehend | arrest |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |