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

WordMeaning
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
mortara sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
acutecharacterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
awla pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood)
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
mammothany of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair