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 |
|---|---|
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |