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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growlrumble
cemeterya burial ground
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
contentiona point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument
convexcurved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle
gildto overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated