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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|---|---|
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
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| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
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