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 |
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| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| postulate | demand |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |