GRE Word List

RECESS

the action of receding : recession

The meaning of the word recess is the action of receding : recession.

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expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character
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manaclea shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff
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stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
overwroughtextremely excited : agitated