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 |
|---|---|
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
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| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |