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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| pundit | pandit |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |