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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| zealot | a zealous person |