GRE Word List

RECREANT

crying for mercy : cowardly

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

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stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
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incrustationa crust or hard coating
prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
glossarya collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
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residuesomething that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant