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 |
|---|---|
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| onus | burden |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| haggard | not tamed |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |