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
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
feasiblecapable of being done or carried out
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
credentialwarranting credit or confidence
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily