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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| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
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| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
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| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
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