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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| gyroscope | a 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 |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |