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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parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
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ancestryline of descent : lineage
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rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
striatedmarked with striations or striae
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill