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 |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| diadem | crown |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
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| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |