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
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
vagaryan erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
flightyswift
recitala detailed account : enumeration
amassto collect for oneself : accumulate