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 |
|---|---|
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |