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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coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
ward | the action or process of guarding |
dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |