GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |