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 |
|---|---|
| retribution | recompense |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |