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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| harass | exhaust |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |