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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fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly
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grudgingunwilling
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
adjacentnot distant : nearby
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
nurturetraining
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters