GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |