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 |
|---|---|
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |