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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| violate | break |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |