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 |
|---|---|
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| clime | climate |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |