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 |
|---|---|
| skimp | skimpy |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| overwhelm | upset |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| contest | strive |