GRE Word List
RECESS
the action of receding : recession
The meaning of the word recess is the action of receding : recession.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |