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 |
|---|---|
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |