GRE Word List

PENANCE

an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification

The meaning of the word penance is an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification.

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exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
corrugatedhaving corrugations
patrimonyan estate inherited from one's father or ancestor
refraincurb
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
stigmaa mark of shame or discredit : stain
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
tanto make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun
inestimableincapable of being estimated or computed