GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| exude | to ooze out |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |