GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
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| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
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