GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |