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
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
charydiscreetly cautious: such as
dismantleto disconnect the pieces of
pinnaclean upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress
corollarya proposition (see proposition
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
skirmisha minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
gregarioustending to associate with others of one's kind : social
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
discernibleable to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned