GRE Word List
DIFFIDENCE
the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident
The meaning of the word diffidence is the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| defalcate | deduct |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |