GRE Word List

RECREANT

crying for mercy : cowardly

The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.

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repineto feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
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rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
flayto strip off the skin or surface of : skin
prosodythe study of versification
cordonan ornamental cord or ribbon
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