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 |
|---|---|
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
