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 |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |