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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| nutritious | nourishing |
| frigid | intensely cold |
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| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| paltry | inferior |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
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| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
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