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 |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |