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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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |