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 |
|---|---|
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
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| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |