GRE Word List
CRAVEN
lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
The meaning of the word craven is lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |