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 |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |