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 |
|---|---|
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |