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

WordMeaning
grategrating
disquietudeanxiety
prominentstanding out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant
avidcharacterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic
abateto decrease in force or intensity
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion
satiatefilled to satiety
causalexpressing or indicating cause : causative
interrogateto question formally and systematically
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change