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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acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |