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 |
|---|---|
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |