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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| nexus | connection |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |