GRE Word List
RECREANT
crying for mercy : cowardly
The meaning of the word recreant is crying for mercy : cowardly.
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| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
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| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
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| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |