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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ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
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pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
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ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval