GRE Word List
TIMOROUS
of a timid disposition : fearful
The meaning of the word timorous is of a timid disposition : fearful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| submerge | to put under water |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |