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 |
|---|---|
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| sublimate | sublime |