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 |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |