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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| blackball | to vote against |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |