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
suitorone that petitions or entreats
dolta stupid person
flicka light sharp jerky stroke or movement
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
parodya literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
intersticea space that intervenes between things
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
emetican agent that induces vomiting