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 |
|---|---|
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| headlong | headfirst |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |