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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| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |