GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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longevity | a long duration of individual life |
bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
demur | to take exception : object |