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 |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| forte | one's strong point |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| 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 |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |