GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |