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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| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| progeny | descendants |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |