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 |
|---|---|
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |