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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
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