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 |
|---|---|
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |