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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autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
allegeto assert without proof or before proving
fundamentalserving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic
rabidextremely violent : furious
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy
mitigateto cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify