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 |
|---|---|
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |