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 |
|---|---|
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| mischance | bad luck |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |