GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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|---|---|
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| microcosm | a little world |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| nurture | training |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
