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 |
|---|---|
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |