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 |
|---|---|
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| 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 |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |