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 |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |