GRE Word List

DISCOMFIT

to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert

The meaning of the word discomfit is to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert.

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penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
substantiateto give substance or form to : embody
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
flamboyantmarked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
embellishto make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution