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 |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |