GRE Word List

RECREANT

crying for mercy : cowardly

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

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WordMeaning
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
foresightan act or the power of foreseeing : prescience
smirkto smile in a smug or condescending way
shimmerto shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer
uncannyseeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance