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 |
|---|---|
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |