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 |
|---|---|
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |