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
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
somaticof, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm
unrequitednot requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
lanknot well filled out : slender
manifoldmarked by diversity or variety