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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reminiscentof the character of or relating to reminiscence
repudiateto refuse to accept
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irremediablenot remediable
regenerationan act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
weirdof strange or extraordinary character : odd
rudimentaryconsisting in first principles : fundamental
pensivemusingly or dreamily thoughtful
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle