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 |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |