GRE Word List

RECREANT

crying for mercy : cowardly

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

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diligencesteady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
havenharbor
shystera person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger
entreethe act or manner of entering : entrance
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
obsequiousmarked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
deftcharacterized by facility and skill