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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WordMeaning
self-righteousconvinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic
blandishmentsomething that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
chafeirritate
facultyability
precipitantprecipitate
communalof or relating to one or more communes
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing