GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| canny | clever |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |