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
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nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |