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 |
|---|---|
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |