GRE Word List
COWER
to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
The meaning of the word cower is to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |