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 |
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| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| espouse | marry |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |