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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| espouse | marry |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |