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 |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| overthrow | overturn |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |