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

WordMeaning
ogleto glance with amorous invitation or challenge
optionalinvolving an option : not compulsory
discomfitto put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert
emanateto come out from a source
deflectto turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction
substantialconsisting of or relating to substance
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
pervertto cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")