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 |
|---|---|
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |