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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |