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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oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
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kindleto start (a fire) burning : light
executionerone who executes
moresthe fixed morally binding customs of a particular group
rostruman ancient Roman platform for public orators
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
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