GRE Word List
TIMIDITY
lacking in courage or self-confidence
The meaning of the word timidity is lacking in courage or self-confidence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |