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 |
|---|---|
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
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| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
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| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
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