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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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) |
