GRE Word List
PUSILLANIMOUS
lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
The meaning of the word pusillanimous is lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
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| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |