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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palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
entity | being |
overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
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