GRE Word List
RECESS
pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive
The meaning of the word recess is pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words |
| pine | long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline |
| resumption | taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats. |
| knack | special talent; art |
| ordeal | severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction |
| inextricable | from which it is impossible to get free; that cannot be untied; Ex. inextricable troubles; Ex. inextricable two histories |
| mutablility | ability to change in form; fickleness; ADJ. mutable: able to change; fickle; CF. mutate; CF. mutant |
| truism | self-evident truth |
| feasible | practical; able to be carried out; practicable |
| seasonal | of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment |
