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 |
|---|---|
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |