GRE Word List
RECANT
to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
The meaning of the word recant is to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rank | relative standing or position |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |