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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hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
dowseto plunge into water
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
dieto pass from physical life : expire
lapa loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment
tediumthe quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
shavingthe act of one that shaves