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 |
|---|---|
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |