GRE Word List

RECREANT

crying for mercy : cowardly

The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.

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WordMeaning
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
mendicantbeggar
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl
nutritionthe act or process of nourishing or being nourished
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
affectedartificial; pretended
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty