GRE Word List
CONFIDENCE
self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident
The meaning of the word confidence is self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opus | work (esp. musical composition); Ex. magnum opus: masterpiece; CF. opera |
| abstemious | sparing in eating and drinking; temperate |
| touchstone | stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion; standard |
| limn | draw; outline; describe; CF. line ? |
| egoism | excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others; selfishness; ADJ. egoistic, egoistical |
| generate | cause; produce; create |
| disabuse | correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief |
| sinister | evil; ominous |
| coincidence | the chance occurrence, at the same time, of two or more seemingly connected events; V. coincide: happen at the same time; be in agreement; CF. coincident; CF. coincidental |
| metropolis | large city |
