GRE Word List
DIFFIDENCE
the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident
The meaning of the word diffidence is the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |