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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WordMeaning
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
cullto select from a group : choose
helma lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering
pedestriancommonplace
doctrinairestubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
turncoatone who switches to an opposing side or party
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
automatona mechanism that is relatively self-operating