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..

Random words

WordMeaning
pallto lose strength or effectiveness
regimeregimen
altercationa noisy, heated, angry dispute
gibeto utter taunting words
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
aviarya place for keeping birds confined
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
obsessivetending to cause obsession
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
high-flownexceedingly or excessively high or favorable