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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WordMeaning
unceremoniousnot ceremonious : informal
sourbeing, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
obscuredark
iotaan infinitesimal amount : jot
solemnityformal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
dissentto withhold assent or approval
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness