GRE Word List

RECREANT

crying for mercy : cowardly

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

Random words

WordMeaning
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
repastsomething taken as food : meal
obligatorybinding in law or conscience
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
madrigala medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
gesticulationthe act of making gestures
interiman intervening time : interval