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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| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |