GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |