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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| query | question |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |