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 |
|---|---|
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |