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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WordMeaning
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
banea source of harm or ruin : curse
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
encomiasticone that praises : eulogist
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
disaffecteddiscontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious