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
gazettenewspaper
hortatoryhortative
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
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voracioushaving a huge appetite : ravenous
tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
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venuelocale
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor