GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| wreak | bring about |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |