SAT/GRE Vocabulary: Words for Fear (ভয়)

Menace - ভয়

Craven - কাপুরুষ

Diffident - অপ্রত্যয়ী

Pusillanimous - দুর্বলচিত্ত

Recreant - স্বদলত্যাগী

Timorous - ভীরু

Trepidation - ধড়-ফড়ানি, ভীতি

Source: GREC CENTRE,

Example Sentences

Craven: It was a craven decision to blame his junior colleague.
Diffident: The diffident student rarely raised her hand, though she knew the answers.
Pusillanimous: The pusillanimous minister refused to take a stand on the issue.
Recreant: History remembers him as a recreant who abandoned his own soldiers.
Timorous: The timorous kitten hid under the bed during the storm.
Trepidation: He opened the result sheet with trepidation.