GRE Word List
PENITENT
feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
The meaning of the word penitent is feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant.
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| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
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| demented | mad |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
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| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |