GRE Word List
RECAST
reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again
The meaning of the word recast is reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfaltering | steadfast; firm; not changing |
| florid | ruddy; (of a complexion) reddish; flowery; very ornate; CF. rose |
| suppliant | entreating; beseeching; N. |
| prohibitive | so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax |
| obstetrician | physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies; N. obstetrics; CF. midwife |
| quail | cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart |
| intrude | put or force in without being asked; trespass; enter as an uninvited person; Ex. intrude one's own opinion into the report; CF. thrust in |
| prefigure | be a sign of; foreshadow |
| cognitive | having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing |
| formality | ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality |
