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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| bauble | trinket |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| apiarist | beekeeper |