GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |