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
stringenttight
ruffiana brutal person : bully
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egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
repineto feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
incontinentnot continent: such as
asperityroughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger
magnitudegreat size or extent