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 |
|---|---|
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |