GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| junket | trip |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |