GRE Word List
TREPIDATION
a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
The meaning of the word trepidation is a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| invalid | not valid: |
| juncture | a point of time |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| fulcrum | prop |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |