GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| ploy | escapade |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |