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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |