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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terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
bivouaca usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter
irremediablenot remediable
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
stockadea line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
dissidentdisagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
solaceto give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console