GRE Word List
CONFIDANT
one to whom secrets are entrusted
The meaning of the word confidant is one to whom secrets are entrusted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| progeny | descendants |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |