GRE Word List
CONFIDANT
trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret)
The meaning of the word confidant is trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret).
Random words
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harry | harass, annoy, torment (by repeated attacks); raid |
collate | examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound) |
pestilential | causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; N. pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague) |
restraint | moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction |
pulmonary | pertaining to the lungs |
friction | clash or conflict in opinion; rubbing against |
overbearing | bossy; domineering and arrogant; decisively important; Ex. overbearing manner/importance; V. overbear: dominate |
disconsolate | hopelessly sad (at the loss of something) |
attrition | rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of attrition |
soliloquy | talking to oneself (esp. in a play); CF. monologue: soliloquy; long speech by one person (often monopolizing a conversation) |