GRE Word List

ESTEEM

the regard in which one is held

The meaning of the word esteem is the regard in which one is held.

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succorrelief
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
nauseaa stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit
endemicbelonging or native to a particular people or country
martialof, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior
sinewyfull of sinews: such as
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
passepast one's prime
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity