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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bemusedmarked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
briman upper or outer margin : verge
gauntexcessively thin and angular
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
begrudgeto give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure
enlistto secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control