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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| historic | historical |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |