GRE Word List
TREPIDATION
fear; nervous apprehension
The meaning of the word trepidation is fear; nervous apprehension.
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libertine | debauched person; dissolute or licentious person; roue; CF. free |
parchment | writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat |
compartment | one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided |
recess | pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive |
antecede | precede |
besmirch | soil; defile; make dirty |
high-flown | highly pretentious or inflated |
allege | state without proof |
run-down | (of a place) dilapidated; in a bad condition; (of a person) weak or exhausted |
brood | sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time |