GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |