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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WordMeaning
edificebuilding
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
cubiclea sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
doggerelloosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
intangiblenot tangible : impalpable
lachrymosegiven to tears or weeping : tearful
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use