GRE Word List
CONFIDENCE
a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
The meaning of the word confidence is a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
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| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
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| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
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