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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| noisome | noxious |
| submissive | submitting to others |
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| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |