GRE Word List
TIMIDITY
lacking in courage or self-confidence
The meaning of the word timidity is lacking in courage or self-confidence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| dingy | dirty |