GRE Word List

REMORSE

a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach

The meaning of the word remorse is a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach.

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WordMeaning
accordto grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
yena strong desire or propensity
curfewthe sounding of a bell at evening
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
verbalizeto express something in words