GRE Word List

CONTRITE

feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc.

The meaning of the word contrite is feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc..

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morticianundertaker
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
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prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
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