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 |
|---|---|
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |