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 |
|---|---|
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| shambles | a meat market |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |