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
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
pedestriancommonplace
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
subordinateplaced in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior