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 |
|---|---|
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| scion | descendant |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |