timorous: 羞怯的; lacking courage; timid

　　1) lacking courage; timid

　　2) timid by nature or revealing timidity

　　timorous <> unflinching; audacious, scrappynerve <> daunted, timorous

　　timorous : assertiveness

　　1. The timorous child hid behind his parents.

　　2. Hillary came to accept him as a timorous soul who needed succor.

　　timorous <> scrappy 膽小<>好鬥

　　timorous <> intrepid/stalwart 膽小<>無畏/勇敢

　　timorous <>undaunted 膽小<>大膽

　　新gre对单词的考察并没有降低反而还有所提高，因此备考新gre考试词汇仍是迫在眉睫的问题，俗话说：“万丈高楼平地起”只有精确熟练的掌握了词汇，才可能在征服新gre考试的道路上立于不败之地。