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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amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
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anthropomorphicdescribed or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
cremateto subject to cremation
appraiseto set a value on : to estimate the amount of
concatenatelinked together
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
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