GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
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| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
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| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |