Word Group : Embarrass
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No
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Word
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Meaning
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Sentence
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1
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Abash
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Make (someone) feel embarrassed,
disconcerted, or ashamed
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Harriet looked slightly abashed
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2
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Chagrin
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Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated
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To my chagrin, he was nowhere to be seen
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3
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Compunction
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A feeling of guilt or moral
scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.
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They used their tanks without
compunction
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4
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Contrition
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1.
The state of feeling remorseful and penitent
2.
(in the Roman Catholic Church) the repentance
of past sins during or after confession
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1.
To show contrition for his crime he offered to
do community service
2.
Prayers of contrition
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5
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Diffidence
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Modesty or shyness resulting from
a lack of self-confidence
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I say this with some diffidence
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6
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Expiate
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Make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing)
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Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice
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7
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Foible
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1. A
minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character
2. The
part of a sword blade from the middle to the point
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They have to tolerate each other’s
little foibles
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8
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Gaucherie
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Awkward or unsophisticated ways
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I was ridiculed for my sartorial gaucherie
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9
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Rue
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Bitterly regret (something one
has done or allowed to happen) and wish it undone
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Ferguson will rue the day he
turned down that offer
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