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 |
|---|---|
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |