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
interjectionan ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
certitudethe state of being or feeling certain
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
grudgingunwilling
viscidhaving an adhesive quality : sticky
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat