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 |
|---|---|
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| fulcrum | prop |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| pedagogue | teacher |