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 |
|---|---|
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| retribution | recompense |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |