GRE Word List
RUE
to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
The meaning of the word rue is to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| whimsy | whim |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
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