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 |
|---|---|
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| cohorts | companion |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |