GRE Word List
RECAPITULATE
to retell or restate briefly : summarize
The meaning of the word recapitulate is to retell or restate briefly : summarize.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |