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
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
flippantlacking proper respect or seriousness
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
corporealhaving, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as
obliviouslacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention
roseateresembling a rose especially in color
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
ligneousof or resembling wood
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
peerlessmatchless