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 |
|---|---|
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |