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 |
|---|---|
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| harass | exhaust |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |