GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |